Gustav waenecke



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G. WARNEGKB. PORTABLE COOKING APPARATUS.

No. 367,170. Patented July 26, 18 87.

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

N. PEIERs Phmwl flhognpher, Washinglon. D. I;

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC GUSTAV WARNEGKE, OF FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN,GERMANY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ALFRED VON NEUFVILLE, OF SAME PLACE.

' PORTABLE COOKING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Ilhetters Patent No. 367,170, dated July26, 1887.

Application filed May 21,1886. Serial No. 202,866. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV WARNECKE, of Frankforton-the-Main, Germany,have in- .vented a new and Improved Portable Cooking Apparatus, of whichthe following. is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention consists of various parts and details and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed outin the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding partsin all the figures.

Figure 1 is a central vertical section of my improvement ready for use.Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same with the smokestacktelescoped. Fig. 3-.is a sectional plan view of the same on the line a:on, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 5 is a sideelevation of my improvement attached to a post. Fig. 6 represents amodified form of my improvement.

The vessel A, of suitable size and form, is provided with the centraltube, H, open at the top and bottom, and with the cover or lid 0, whichfits over the upper ends of the sides of the vessel A, and alsosurrounds the upper end of the central tube, H. The tube a telescopesinto the tube H, and a similar tube, a, into the said tube a, the tubesa and a forming the chimney of the apparatus. To two opposite sides ofthe vessel A is hung the bent bail c, which is formed into a grate, c,placed directly under the bottom opening of the central tube, H. -Thebail c, with its grate 0, can be swung from under the bottom of thevessel A, so as to permit of inserting into the central tube, H, thepackage B, which contains a prepared fuel, which is preferablyconstructed as shown and described in a separate applica-.

tion, filed April 28, 1887, and forming no part of the presentapplication. The vessel is also provided with a hook or an eye, by whichthe apparatus can be attached to a post, as shown in Fig. 5, or to abelt worn by the user.

In order to place the substance to be cooked in the vessel A, the lid orcover 0 is removed and then replaced after the substance has been placedin the vessel. The Wick d of the fuelpackage B is then ignited, whichcauses the instantaneous ignition of the entire package 4 of preparedfuel. The smoke is drawn off by the extended chimney formed of the tubesat and a, and the part c of the bail c, or the wire- 5 5 netting i, asthe case may he, acts as a grate in the usual manner. It will be seenthat the intensity of the combustion in the central heating-tube, H, isincreased as a free circulation of air is estab- 6o lished through thecentral tube, H, and the extended chimney. As the combustion takes placewithin the vessel A containing the substance to be cooked, the heatemanating from the said combustion is fully utilized. I The apparatusmaybe made reversible, as shown in Fig. 6, so that the lowerlargerportion may be used for cooking soup and the like, and when reversed theupper smaller or cover part may be used for making coffee, tea, &c. Thegrate c of the bail 0 can be swung around to form a grate for the cover0, when the vessel is reversed, and the tube 12, forming the chimney,may be withdrawn and inserted in the central tube at the other end. Theadvantage of this construction is that coffee or soup, for instance, canbe boiled in separate parts of the same apparatus, so that the flavor ofneither the coffee nor the soup is affected.

The heating space is sometimes enlarged so that it can serve as amagazine forv carrying a quantity of fuel. The central tube, H, can alsobe used for other purposes. When one or more separate tubes are used forthe chimney, as shown at b in Fig. 6, they can be placed in the vessel Aduring transportation.

It will be seen that the cooking apparatus can also be used in theordinary manner upon a stove or over an open fire, which would renderthe above-mentioned fuel-package superfluous.

Havingthus fully described my invention, I claim'as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The combination, with cooking vessels formedwith a central tube serving as a firechamber, of the bail bent at itsmiddle to form a grate for the fire-chamber, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name IO) to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUSTAV WARNECKE,

Witnesses:

J OSEPH PATRICK, J AOOB MUELLER.

